Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-12

head OF my bed watching me. AZ
OF en,d my eyes she uttered ipw cry
of delight Then she gave me- on 81
sweet, 50 loyinPa smile such smile
as ! Lad never seen before, and have
never scCn since.
"PooT, poor Ef'endi," she said, a.
she slowly passed her hand over my
face 20 stroke away the matted hair
$50 far away from your Monachor
tMunich), with 10 loved ones to take
carc OF Iou."
"Am not -ich'y provided ?" ! ~
swtrod. as there no one here who
cares scr me ?"
"Iut we are strangers TO You VT
cannot speak your tongue. She replied
"Not so, dear Irene / answered
"you are no stranger TO ne. Have
not known those dark eyes long, sud
can mot speak your language ? Car
not say love YOU ?"
She blushed deeply, and in order
flat | should not rcrccive hcrcontusio1
fbo sGokod my forehead again with
her soft hand, and laid it gently on my
eyes. Then she leaned her arm on the
! pillow, laid her head in her hand, bent
down over me, and said. with dreamy
PARKWAY look: "When they brought
you here, EGendi. | did not think ]
shouldcytr hear you speak again"
And what if You had not ?" asked
conceitodly.
"Oh. do not say such things" she
said, reproyingly. Let Ms rejoice
th&t you are alive and here with cool
/ people who love You"
She stopped short, as If startled Mt her
/ own words. and rose from her chair. !
had nottimc to say any more, FOR at that
moment Kyria Marin entered. She was
/ iPhly delighted to find that conscious
ness bad returned. and advised that !
should now cndeavor to sleep. They
then made my room and bed comfort
able for me and placed water within
ny reach A.; al of which Jorgi could
have done quite well, but they would
not bear Of IT.
At last / fell into q deep slumber
and dreamed all kinds Of dreams. !
WAS again on the back of the colt. gal
/ Looping with him over the meadows. All
at once ] saw Irene selling the horse
by the reins aud begging me anxiously
10 dismount Then I saw myself, pale
as death. sitting On the steed with q
fixed look of horror rs he dashed along
in his wild career. st last he ran
against tie block of stone in the Psiri.
J Was shot OF, and lag once more
crushed ard bleeding by the mar
lie cornerstone. Then I dreamed
that was lying very i'll on my bed
and had q crown OF thOIns Oh my head.
which a beautiful vanishing female
figure. with bare white arms, was press
ing down ever harder and harder, so
that the blood poured in streams down
my forehead and over my eyes. !
vlpsd my eyes again and AGAIN. and
COULD scarcely see the figure. 1T length
J saw as through a thin veil two beau
iliul dark eyes aud heard a voice say
ing at Goes not hurt, does IT? I
viii bind yoar head up lit,lo tighter.
ii fLaH not hurt YOU.
avohc andpercciycl lrcno Standing
'y Ivy bedside. She had put a bandlgc
stepped in vinegar round my head. AM
WIS saying " 1t does not hurt does il ?
Put ] must bind it more firmly
IN this way was lovingly cared for
and soon recovered.
The day Of departure at last arrived.
s bright, warm January sun was
-Liuiuc iuto TIE room which ! had row
occuiIod for more than four months on
Ike most pleasant foolAr with my
landlord. Jorei and / wee putting
the 1ral touches, Lepacliug tin clothes
INTO ny trunk, arranging in rows in
large box some baf hundred of
looks that / thought Of leaving BE-
LIND. We lad done at nearly the same
moment. ] had nailed down the box
md losc to my feet just as Jorgi was
icntly Swapping the trunk. The last
buckle WAS 10 sooner done than he,
too, losc 10 lis feet.
1--WE arc ready" he said douh:fully.
as he tossed his long hair back from
lis boylsh face.
"TLen fetch the horses ! replied.
nd be hurried of, strioing down the
stars three or four ut a time.
As the house door banged behind
him / heard light step creeping mp
;he stairs. ] ran to the door; it open
90. and behold Irene, IN all the splen-
dor Of her eala-dTess-for it was o
GlceE festival that day-radilnt ~
purple in silver and gold. ! had found
ltvarm in packing, and was standing
without coat or va.stcoat, Males
straw hat on my head, looking some
what Ike Il British sailor in simmer
attiIe. She stepped forward and gave
me her hand. Her eyes Clistcned-
and the thought flashed through my
mind that it was the last time / should
over sec her. She may have had much
lie same thought.
"You have come to bid me goodbye,
irene" said But she hardly let IN"
finish the sentence. She threw hey
arms round my neck and kissed me -
rs queen might have kissed slilor
Tlen, While her soft white hands
claspcd my neck, she said Must you
thcn go? Stay with me, my life
She would not have spoken in vain.
f seemed to re as though soft tanning
wings were stirring up the passion
which had long lain dormant in my
heart and were making It burn and
GLOW, and began to feel as if my heart
were some inhammable material which
would soon burst into an uncontrOlla-
bic fame. / stood speeches., prey
10 contending emotions. Presently !
bent down over the sweet girl, who, as
she perceived this, raised herself.
claspod her arms more tightly round
my neck, and pressed her mouth to
mine so lovingly, so passionately, so
intoxicatingly-
Suddenly Kyria Maria appeared at
the door to bid me goodbye. We had
hardly sense enough left to feel con-
fused at her sudden appearance. She
looked ct us i'll some surprise, bnt
smiled benevolently, as if We were two
children, and she forgave us, as we
would not do it again. / did not un-
derstand one half of what she said to
me. for / was looking all the time at
irene, who, with her handkerchief TO
her eyes, was standing at the window
with her back to us. AT length Jorgi
dashed in with the news that the horses